Garbage receptacle



sept' 2.7 1927 F. J. MuLl-namu 1643897 p GARBAGE RECEPTACLE Filed July l2, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 27, 1927.

.STATES ,FREDERICK e or @son New roer- Application filed July 12,

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5 sii'iillarpaiits inthe `several figures therein. 'Certaiii'obje'cts yoftljie Iinvention are to provlle'a stable'cover'e'd garbage-receptacle fentingv to form trunnidons', 13, eh'ga'geable eh can be openedb)v foot pressure, and

.be automatically closed when the foot pressure'isremoved to simplify and faclllthe eonstruetllon of the' .devioe'g and to provide 1hr the ready'separationwfrom the Container," 'of Ythe Cover mechanism.

"and 'its' operating ""'therobjeots Wlll appear in vconnection with the following',desoriptionf elevation of a garbage receptacle embodying @Hiv Vir'fventionslioivingA the tread-le-bail def' 2 is `a vieivA in side elevation of the same"withthe'cover closed.`

" V'is atop plan'vievv of the same.

Fig". 34 is"a Yvertical section o'ta brokenavvay portion vofthe Vsame taken on' the broleiiline 'i'sla vertical section of the same takkenbn thebrolen"lne(55 in Fgx. f "IRefelfring to drawings vwherein' the invention is yAsho'w'n in preferredlr forni, the f dy v'of thereeelpftaole comprises a Container,

1', fshown in th l 'Y l` 'form of flaringpail for eovenienee in nesting ther'ontlainrs 'toino;

jdojvvrfvvardly open trunnlonbea burlar perforate bearingopening '6'.Y liever, f7, 1s plvo'tally'mountedupon the bracket, 2, by meanso a"hook-`en'd, 8, on

the

lever be IreadilyX engaged yW lever,whiohHintoertain 'positions of the ith lor disengaged trom the bearing opemng, 6.

`Then the hook-end,-8, of said lever 1s 111 engagement With lever is pivotally 2, provision faot that the h'o'lend', 8, o'if't the bearing opening, 6; the mounted V'upohthe bra'cl'zet, for lost niotoridue to the he' lever is flat,

'Whil'exthe bearing opening', I6, is ciroulfar.r A'eoverg, for the container has alater-y allyv projectinglifting-arm, 10, formed' ivlth a LU "ed vithin 'saidvk b'enrd "With its ends pro- Gnneen RECEPTACLE.

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.with the Vresp@tivo downwardly-open bearings, ,5, the ears, .3 2111114, of `the bracket@ rThelower member, 10?; of the ooverliitlng arm, l0, exends inwardly beyond the axis of the shaft, 12, across the path oi the lever, 7, and' is preferably bentxto oijn a downwardly open groove, 10.*?, to receive `the lever. f A

` The construction is such that .the upvvard ngovelnlent'o Uthe lever, @serves to raise or ,open `the oo ver, 'i Y When it is desired to open .the container, .the lever, 7, can .be raised .by depression of a vtrestelle-bail, 28, one end of iv-h'clis seeured'tothe ylever by means ofthe screvv,'14, m engagement with' anfofs'et, 15,011 `the lever,- the other 'end of the bail being' pivotally mounted on the container by .detachable `engagemei'lt of a hook, 16, onsa'd other end with a bearing-opening in a bracket', 17 on the container opposite the bracket, .2.

The lever, 7, has another offset, 18, engageable with an oset, 19, "on the`c0ver- `lifting arm, 10,"t`o limit the upward movement'ot the hover. Y

The lever, 7, is also formed with a member, 2.0, engageable with the ear, 4, on bracket, 2, to limit the upward movement of the lever, and to thus limit .the doWIvardmovement oif the 'treadle-bal, 28, to'prevent Athe `bail from :being depressed suieently to en- `gage and manor otherwise injurethe con tal-Heli: 4 "1 "f The operation of the device is as follows:

Vhhen access to the ontainer 'is ldesired, as oruep'ositing ganbage therein, theuser presses foot down upon the "treadlebal, thereby "depressing thelbail and engagement of 'the' bail "with .the' offset, 15,' o11the lever, serv-ing to raise the lever,'and by engagementof" the lever with' the overhangmember, A1021,01 the'coverlifting arm,

16:, serv-ing Yto 'raise or `open the cover* to the "'positi'o'shouu'i-'n Fig. 1. k v' Vhen the foot pressure is removed from the treadl'e-baill, the'pazrts automatically return* t "normal position as shown in Figs. Q'jaid 4,and' as :indicated by'dort'ed lirfesea and 'aseiifrlig 1. ""To -Iremoyfe"the bail, 28, the lever-raising en d' of the' Ybail 'is detached by removing the screw, 14, whereupon the other endof the b'a'lil can be 'readily unho'oled 'fromr the bracket, 17. r

f helever, 7, can then 'be swungdovvn until f L(joli-endl, 8, ,peis'upwardly, whereupon it can be downwardly withdrawn from the bracket ear, 3, as indicated by dotted lines The cover can be removed by swinging 1t upwardly, as to the position indicated by dotted lines, 9b, in Fig. 1, and then moving it outwardly and downwardly to' slide the'Y trunnions, 13, out of the open bearings, 5,

- in the bracket-ears, 3 and 4, the bail, 28, be-

shipment or other purposes.

ling at the same time raised to depress the 'Ihe axis of the cover formed -by the trunnions, 13, is at approximately right angles to the axis of the bail, 28, both axes being horizontal.

In practice, however, these axes are slightly inclined to one another in order to have the axis of movement of the treadle-bail extend diametrically of the container.

The lost motion provided for in the engagement of the hook end, 8, of the lever, 7, with the bearing, 5, in the ear, 3, overcomes any tendency of the parts to bind due to this slight inclination of one of said axes relatively to the other, as well as that due to the fact that the groove, 10b, in the .cover-lifting member, 10a, moves in an arcuate path about. the axis of the trunnions, 13.

To facilitate the operation of the lever, 7,v

. vertical position as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, to serve as a lifting bail for the v container with the cover attached thereto or detached therefrom. Y

Thev bent end of the coverlifting-arm member, 10, terminates at a point farther removed from the center of the cover than is the periphery of the cover as indicated by dotted lines -m in Fig. 4, this making it possible to stack or nest the covers closely one within another with the cover-lifting arms, 10, in disalinement with one another, for convenience and economy in transportation. Y*

I do not wish to be limited to the constructions shown and above described, as, for certain purposes of the invention, various changes may be made in the form and arrangement of various parts of the device without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described and in combination, a container; a cover hinged upon the container; and having a coverlifting member' provided with a downwardly open groove substantially parallel with the hingeanison.theinnerside thereof; and a t-readle-bail pivotally mounted on the ycontainer and having a member projecting from one of its ends lfeyond tlie pivotal connection engageable- 'witlrsaid' groove VVin the cover-lifting member, whereby the cover is raised by depression of the treadle-bail.

2. In a device of the class described and in combination, a container; a cover hingedv upon the container and having a cover-lifting member provided with a downwardly open groove substantially parallel with the hinge axis on the inner side thereof; and a treadle-bail pivotally mounted on the container and having a member projecting from one of its ends beyond thepivotal connec-4 tion engageable with said groove in the cover-lifting member, whereby the cover is raised by depression of the treadle-bail, the pivotal connection of said end of the bail providing for lost motion to permit lateral rocking movement of said projection transversely of the axis of its pivotal upward movement.

3. In a device of the class described and in combination, a container; a bracket mounted upon the container; a lever pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis on said bracket, said lever having an upwardly convexed surface vto raise the lever, the other end of the bail being pivotally mounted on the container.

4. In a device of the class described and in combination, a container, a bracket mounted upon the container; a lever piv otaly mounted on a horizontal axis on said bracket, said lever having an upwardly convexed surface and having two offsets; a hinged cover having a lifting arm projecting across the path of said lever, whereby the cover is raised by upward movement of the lever; a bail having one end connected with said lever in engagement With one of sai-d offsets thereon to raise the lever, the other end of the bail being pivotally mounted on the container; and an offset on the lifting arm of the cover engageable with Y ing member projecting across the path of upward movement of said lever; and a bail having one end detachably pivotally connected with said lever in engagement with the offset thereon to raise the lever, the other end of the bail being pivotally mounted on the container.

6. In a device of the class described and in combination, a container;v a bracket mounted on the container and having two laterally projecting ears; a lever having a bail attached thereto pivotally connected with one of said ears and having two offsets, and a member engageable with the other ear to limit the upward movement f the lever and the downward movement of the bail; a cover hinged upon said ears and having a lifting member projecting across the path of said lever, and also having an offset engageable with one of the offsets on the lever to limit the upward movement of the cover; and a bail having one end detachably connected with the lever in engagement with the other offset thereon to raise the lever, the other end of the bail being pivotally mounted on the container.

7. In a device of the class described and in combination7 a container; a bracket mounted on the container and having two ears each formed with a downwardly open trunnion-bearing; a lever pivotally mounted on one of said ears; a cover having a. laterally projecting lifting arm; oppositely provjecting trunnions on the cover-lifting arm removably engageable with the respective downwardly open bearings in the ears of said bracket, said arm including a member extending inwardly beyond the axis of said trunnions across the upward path of said lever; and a bail having one end connected with said lever to raise the lever by depression of the bail, the other end of said bail being in pivotal connection with the container.

8. In a device of the class described and in combination, a container;

ears each formed with a downwardly open trunnion-bearing; a lever pivotally mounted on one of said ears; a cover having a laterally projecting lifting arm; oppositely projecting trunnions on the cover-lifting arm removably engageable with the respective .downwardly open bearings in the ears of said bracket, said arm including a member extending inwardly beyond the axis of said trunnions across the upward path of said lever and provided with a downwardly open lever-engaging groove on the inner side of and substantially parallel with the axis of said trunnions; and a bail having one end connected with said lever to raise the lever by depression of the bail, the vother end of said bail being in pivotal connection with the container.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of July, 1926.

FREDERICK J. MULHERNa a bracket mounted on the container and having twov 

